On Colt Ryan and UE’s all-time scoring mark

Colt Ryan now sits at 2,027 career points — 210 from becoming the Aces’ all-time leading scorer. ERIN MCCRACKEN/C&P

UE senior Colt Ryan’s had a lot of big nights lately. The one that put him over the 2,000-point mark for his college career restarted talk about whether Ryan can leave UE as its all-time leading scorer.

(It’s important to note that Wilson, who played for the Aces from from 1995-1999, is currently the top-scoring Division I player. Humes set his mark in three seasons at the Division II level, also pre 3-point shot.)

A hip pointer injury suffered in UE’s second game of the season set Ryan back in the chase to No. 1. Had he come back to average 20.5 points per game this year, as he did in 2011-2012, the record would be his. The 6-foot-5 forward averages 18.8 points per game on the season, but during a healthy Missouri Valley Conference slate he’s tallying 22.8 a contest.

Ryan was last season’s MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, a preseason all-MVC selection and named to the Senior CLASS Award watch list. So when’s Batesville, Ind., native going to really reflect on all he’s done at UE?

“After it’s all said and done,” he said Sunday. “I just want to keep doing better for this team and keep doing better for this program. These fans are so great out here, and they deserve to have a special season this year. And my teammates deserve to have a special season. The senior class – Ned, Troy, Lewis – we’ve been through a lot.”